Tomorrow Orthodox Christian celebrate two events: the Presentation of our Lord and Meatfare Sunday also known as the Sunday of of Second Coming. What is interesting about this day is that this is the day when during the Matins service, after the 6th Ode of the Canon, the Synxarion of the day is read. A “synaxarion” is a short text discussing and analyzing of the person or event commemorated during
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(You can download this file directly by following the links at this source.) Transcript of podcast no. 5 Provided by the kind help of a wonderful lady “A” Dear Friends, Welcome back to my podcast, this is the Saker speaking. Its been a long time, I expected to take somewhat of a holiday, and take a little break from the podcasts, and as probably most of you know,
Dear friends, I get a lot of comments saying that what is taking place in Novorussia is similar to what happened in Yugoslavia. I categorically disagree with that and I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that I addressed exactly this issue in some detail in the latest Saker Podcast #5 which you can get from here: https://sites.google.com/site/sakerpodcast/home. Speaking of Yugoslavia, I also addressed the Srebrenica “genocide”
by Jiwan Kshetry Delhi poll results that handed down a heavy symbolic defeat to PM Modi’s party have proved that ‘Modi wave’ in Indian politics was really a wave that can rise to dizzying heights so long as appropriate momentum is there but has an inevitable tendency to come down the moment the momentum is lost. The future of electoral politics in India is no longer as predictable as
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I have to say that I am both amused and appalled at the completely over-the-top reaction of most commentators to what we might as well call the Mink-2 Agreement (M2A). Apparently, analysis has been abandoned altogether and has now been replaced with hyperbole and vociferous but empty statements. Reading some of the comments made here one could be forgiven for thinking that somehow the war in the Ukraine was over
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by Alexander Mercouris Already there is debate about who has “won” and who has “lost” in the Minsk talks. The short answer is that as the German foreign minister Steinmeier correctly said there is no breakthrough but the Russians and the NAF have made progress. One point needs to be explained or reiterated (since I have explained it already and many times). The agreement does not make provision for
According to the Financial Times, the following is based on a translation of the Russian document: Complex of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreement 1. Immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in certain areas in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine and strict implementation of it starting at 00.00, Kiev time, February 15th 2. Withdrawal of all heavy weapons by both parties at equal distances to create a
Dear friends, The 5th Saker podcast, and the first one in 2015, is now available for download on the Saker podcast page: Saker Podcasts download page on Google Sites The page for the podcast itself is here: Link to Saker Podcast #5 on Google Sites As always, you can chose from Soundcloud, Internet Archive and Youtube. It is 23:00 here and the folks in Minsk have still not announced anything,
Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus on February 11, 2015 Original translation here: The proof that Kramatorsk Tornado (Smerch) strike was a false flag by the Ukrainian side Blogger Dragon First 11 Feb, 2015 at 5:54 WHO, FROM WHERE AND WITH WHAT FIRED AT KRAMATORSK ON FEBRUARY 10, 2015? Dear readers! Today, your faithful servant tried to deal with the issues in the title. Let’s start with the
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Since there are no news from Minsk (yet), I have decided to update you on a couple of blog related issues. Podcasts: I hope to record the 5th podcast this afternoon or tomorrow. In the meantime, and thanks to “A”, the full transcript of Podcast #4 is available here: Saker Podcasts at Google Sites or, directly from this link: Saker_Podcast_4.zip file at mediafire.com Donations: Good news! I can
As always before any important negotiation, the US backed junta has executed yet another false flag, this time by firing at the city of Kramatorsk. For all the details, please click here for a full analysis in Russian and here for a machine translated version of the same article. The bottom line is this: the missile strike came from a location to the southwest of Kramatorsk, at least 35 miles
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by Edward Birov for Vzgliad Translated by Gideon “It is abundantly clear that the crisis will continue until such times as the Ukrainians achieve harmony between themselves and society, instead of being submerged in the roar of radicalism and nationalism, will unite around more positive values and reflect the true interests of the Ukraine”, – from an interview with Vladimir Putin. “Novorussia, consisting of the pro-Russian Ukraine, Russia and
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You want to get a “feel” for the Novorussian mindset these days? Remember how the Ukies were jumping on the Maidan screaming “he who does not jump is a Moskal”? Well, the sure are jumping again, but to a different “verse” this time. See for yourself: [Note from webmaster: We are in the process of migrating the comments of the articles from blogspot to the new blog here.
